got it!
replaced title tag in NomNom theme with this:
<title><?php wp_title(''); ?></title>
lemme know if you want the header.php file. its also uploaded in entirety to the other forum i posted this to:
http://board.zeaks.org/threads/title-problems-on-every-page-with-wordpress-seo-plugin-by-yoast.212/
http://i.imgur.com/WdIIw.png
and all the other boxes are empty too
